The scientific examination in Yangzhou City ended, and some of the students were happy and some were sad.
Wu Decao lost the qualification to receive rice after completing the last bailout for Xu He.
Xu He probably knew the purpose of his visit yesterday.
He was just used to being a glove for the prefect, but now he had no one to rely on, and he couldn't adapt to a life without food and clothing for a while.
Wu Decao also practiced Kung Fu in his early years. Unfortunately, his family was in decline. Without the supervision of his elders, he no longer had the enthusiasm to study. He was very much like the children of later generations who went to college and were criticized wildly.
The appearance of Xu He just gave him hope of continuing to eat and drink.
In the evening, Wu Decao came to the table in tears, saying that the great master was furious after reading his article. He said on the spot, how could a junior student write such a bullshit article?
Others did not do well in the exam and were demoted one grade at a time. He was directly bumped down to the fifth grade. The reason why he was not the sixth grade was because he had the title of Lin Sheng.
"The key is that the Grand Master has a three-year term. I have just taken office. It is still my first year. I was demoted to the fifth class in the first test. I will be finished when I take the year-end exam!"
Xie Liangcai was also studying in the government, and of course he also participated in this scientific examination.
He sneered and said, "The Grand Master has put a lot of effort into setting the questions for this examination. If you don't know the meaning of the scriptures thoroughly, you won't be able to do it even like me!"
Everyone eating in the room looked at him, good guy, are you making fun of me? Or praise yourself?
Xie Liangcai saw that everyone didn't believe it, especially Xu He who didn't even raise his head and was just drinking porridge from a big bowl, so he said angrily: "This time it is a cross-sectional question, it is really difficult!"
Wu Decao said blankly: "Ah, is this a cut-off question?"
Damn it!
Good guy, this guy can't even understand the question. It seems like there's nothing wrong with the Grand Master getting angry!
Xie Liangcai said angrily: "Xiaohe, don't be disdainful. Let me ask you, how do you interpret "Wei Wei has success, Huan has articles, Shun had five ministers and the world was governed"?"
When Xu He heard this, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and said calmly: "This is a question about sentient beings, and it is a question from every other chapter. It comes from the upper and lower chapters of "The Analects of Confucius: Taibo"!"
Xie Liangcai and Wu Decao were shocked.
Only now did Wu Decao realize that this was an Analects question.
Xie Liangcai was surprised that Xu He knew the origin of the question so quickly.
As the name suggests, the meaning of "cutting and tying questions" is to randomly pick out two sentences or two words from the meaning of the scriptures, and combine the meanings of the context to form a question.
This kind of question often leaves candidates confused and completely confused as to what it means.
The question just now is quite good. It was taken from the last sentence and the first sentence of the two chapters of "Tabor". I had an impression of it when I was reading.
There is also that kind of ruthless matching, that is, finding words all over the place, leaving people scratching their heads and wondering what is going on.
Xie Liangcai asked tremblingly: "How would you solve this problem?"
Xu He said calmly: "The first chapter of Taibo talks about the greatness of Yao, and the next chapter talks about the talents of Shun. Yao and Shun can connect the two parts in series, making the transition easy."
"To answer this question, the first sentence of the lecture should be connected with the words [success] and [article], and then connect the previous and the next, with the words [大] and [人] to cater to the word [governance], so that the article can be coherent."
When Xie Liangcai heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "You have finally understood these eight-legged articles! I guess there are not many questions left to stump you!"
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Early on the next morning, Xu He and Ding Ze arrived at the entrance of the government office early, found the team from Hailing County and started queuing up.
Chu Yuan came over with the official ship of the station. When he saw Xu He, he was shocked and whispered: "Brother He, how many pens have you prepared? Lend me an envoy!"
Xu He asked Ding Ze to open the test box in surprise, "What's going on? Were you not prepared before coming?"
Chu Yuan sighed and said: "Forget it, the official ship was carrying too many people and capsized at a bend in the river. Although all the people taking the exam were rescued, a lot of things in the exam basket were lost."
"After arriving in Yangzhou, the county school teacher who led the team took us overnight to purchase pens, inks and other supplies. However, at this time, most of the pens, inks, paper and inkstones in the city were out of stock. In the end, I finally managed to grab two bald pens that were losing their hair!"
Xu He was secretly surprised when he heard this. Chen Hua had specially sent someone to tell him to hire a ship to go to Yangzhou. It seemed that he had suffered a loss in this matter.
But think about it, there are so many Tongsheng people, all crowded on the official ship, it would be strange if nothing happens. No wonder the rich people rush for the exams by themselves and don't save the travel expenses.
At this time, Ding Ze took a fine Hu pen and handed it to Xu He. Xu He thought for a while, took out another pen from the four pens in the test box, and handed it to Chu Yuan together with the one just now.
Seeing this, Chu Yuan said gratefully: "Brother He...thank you!"
Xu He smiled and said: "Why are you being polite to me? We all come from the same village, so we should help each other!"
The examination process of the college examination is almost the same as the last government examination process organized by Peng Ruyu.
After the county's edict ordered all the people, he went to Xuedao Yamen to write essays on his own.
The Xuedao Yamen here refers to the examination room where the great master temporarily stays at the place where he comes.
The content of the submission is nothing more than the number of candidates in each county and the basic situation of the candidates.
When the candidates enter the venue, four documents from the county, the government, the school, and the candidate themselves must be jointly checked. Only those who pass the exam are allowed to enter the venue for inspection.
At this time, Wu Minzhi, a junior student who was protecting Xu He, and Wu Decao, a former junior student sent to protect Xu He, also followed a group of students to the front of the team.
Wu Decao seemed to have forgotten his frustration last night. He found Xu He among the crowds of people and jumped while waving his hands to Xu He.
Xu He was a little speechless, lowered his head and read a book while sharpening his gun. At this time, there were so many people in front of the examination booth and inside the dragon gate.
Those rushing to take exams, those delivering exams, those selling all kinds of food and snacks, and those watching the excitement gathered together, and it was definitely noisy.
All kinds of tall lanterns are as dense as stars.
A few candidates who woke up late and didn't have breakfast took the time to sit in front of the food stall and eat breakfast.
But just as they sat down, gunfire suddenly rang out inside the gantry.
The sound of the head cannon means it’s time to enter.
The few people who had just sat down quickly took a few bites and then returned to the team after wiping their mouths.
After waiting for a while, someone from the front shouted: "Hailing, let's enter!"
Xu He and others were all refreshed. Ding Ze immediately put the book in Xu He's hand into his arms, then picked up the test box and followed Xu He towards the dragon gate.
When passing by the Longmen gate, Xu He found a large paper sign placed at the door. The sign was rectangular, with nothing around it, and a candle in the middle. It said "Point Hailing County" and the candidate's name was written in ink on one side.
Ten people's names are written on each row, and they are held up by people. In the dark, they can be seen clearly from a distance.
When Xu He saw his name written on one of the signs, he immediately left the team and stood behind the sign holder. After a while, ten people were gathered, and everyone followed the sign holder towards the roll call at the entrance to the examination room.
